Some more family photos from Byron. Can you tell that I quite liked the back deck steps as a place for photographs?

I captured this photo of the Wilson boys on Ben's 40th birthday. While I snapped away, Isaac sat proudly holding the 40th birthday card with a big smile on his face. (I think using the card as a prop was his idea too.) He looked like he belonged in some kind of childrenswear catalogue.

So I called out, "Now pretend you're in a KMart catalogue!" This was the result....

Isaac really could be in a KMart catalogue!

Here are some more lovely family photos from our Byron trip. What a good looking family!

I did manage to fit in quite a bit of crafting during my uni break. Lots of the kiddies had birthdays so I had lots of birthday gifts to make. I'll be showing off what I made over the next few posts.

First up, a birthday present for Isaac who just turned three. I made a personalised towel cape for Isaac. I've got heaps of mileage out of this craft idea. This is a very easy gift to sew. (thanks LJC!) This time the towel cape also doubled up as wrapping paper (thanks for the suggestion Sarah).

My standard kid's present seems to include a t-shirt, a book and a toy. The t-shirt is from Threadless. My favourite t-shirt supplier also has a kids' range. (I have way too many Threadless t-shirts. I should really count them.) The book is City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems. A recommendation from book scout, a great blog about books for kids and teens. The toy is from Playmobil. I love Playmobil. All of this was wrapped in the towel cape and then put in a kid's envirosax bag.


Do you like our personalised Happy Birthday gift tags? They are from Moo.com. I used to make my birthday cards. I'm now so lazy I don't even write on a birthday card! But really, what three year old reads a birthday card? That's my excuse I'm sticking with it.


Happy 3^rd Birthday Isaac!

The Brisvegas Wilsons came down in November for Ivan's 80th birthday. It was great to catch up with Ben, Janet and Isaac who we haven't seen for a year. Poor Isaac doesn't get much fushmush space because they live so far away. So here are some photos to make up for it a little bit. We spent a morning playing in the front garden in the sunshine.

Not really the 5th Day of Christmas, but our 5th Christmas celebration. The Brisvegas Wilsons made a special trip to Sydney to catch up with us while we were in Australia. Aren't we lucky? It meant that the Wilsons could have a proper Christmas celebration with all the family there (with a special guest appearance from the Ezzys).

It also means that I can now devote some blog real estate to our nephew Isaac. Poor Isaac gets neglected a little bit on here because he lives so far away. We actually haven't seen him since he was 6 weeks old, so you can imagine that he's grown quite a bit. He looks a little bit like a cherub with his beautiful curly hair and his chubby cheeks. Of course, he's not an angel; he's a little boy. The only time he was still was when he was asleep. He loves to climb, and run, and jump, and climb and run... yes, like I said, a little boy.





More photos on Flickr.